Greensboro’s Fox affiliate reports:
North Carolina’s top Republican has — finally — made his run for North Carolina Governor official. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a Greensboro native who attended Grimsley High School and UNCG, announced his intent to run in 2024 at a previously announced rally at Ace Speedway in Alamance County on Saturday, April 22.
The possibility of his run for governor drew a scathing critique published as an opinion in the New York Times, calling him “extremism incarnate.” A Talking Points Memo piece recently examined years of social media activity painting a history of conspiratorial posts and attacks on other people, according to the piece.
Axios reports:
He’s filed bankruptcy three times and has let some taxes go unpaid, WRAL reported. He paid for a partner to have an abortion in 1989, despite equating abortion to murder.
In speeches, some of which have made national headlines, Robinson has called “transgenderism” and homosexuality “filth,” said heterosexual relationships are “superior,” suggested women should not be in leadership positions and said climate change is “junk science.”
Robinson appeared here last month when he declared that “God formed me” to battle LGBTQ rights.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson announces run for NC governor at rainy Ace Speedway rally https://t.co/HGEoFEjW1Z pic.twitter.com/e5g7i6p3ty
— CBS 17 (@WNCN) April 22, 2023
Mark Robinson, “who has said that he and his now-wife aborted a pregnancy decades ago, has since made clear that he wants far greater restrictions on abortion rights in North Carolina, casting doubt on the need for exceptions in cases of rape and incest.” https://t.co/P1NmO0vOwF
— Connie Schultz (@ConnieSchultz) April 23, 2023
Mark Robinson just announced he is running for Governor. He is an extreme, far-right candidate that will move our state backward. Right now, we need to stand behind @JoshStein_ so we can win in 2024 and build a better North Carolina. Join me ⤵️https://t.co/bMslphiiyZ
— Drew Skilton (@DrewSkiltonNC) April 22, 2023
Mark Robinson (R) is running for NC governor. Here’s what you should know.
After the Pulse Nightclub shooting, he immediately tweeted “homosexuality is STILL an abominable sin.” He called Michelle Obama a man, and said that COVID was a globalist conspiracy.
He’s unfit to serve.
— James (@MI_James57) April 22, 2023
Mark Robinson just announced he’s running for Governor. Robinson is wrong for North Carolina. Together, we can make NC safer and stronger. Join us and chip in today: https://t.co/Bd93z7nK4C pic.twitter.com/s4osXmZd1N
— Josh Stein (@JoshStein_) April 22, 2023
Mark Robinson is expected to formally kick off his gubernatorial campaign at Ace Motor Speedway today, and we’ll be there to greet him with his own words. Be on the lookout for our mobile billboard truck highlighting his extreme agenda: pic.twitter.com/LS3YFeP3K5
— NC Democratic Party (@NCDemParty) April 22, 2023
?Breaking News: Mark Robinson has officially announced he is running for Governor of North Carolina in 2024. pic.twitter.com/Ws7b2GFjNm
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) April 22, 2023